Sunday, April 29, 2012

hummingbird is singin
I can hear her through the trees
singing of her days gone by
in perfect melody
do I take the task
of telling her the truth
or do I let the world around her
be the window she sees through

tell me that you'll break away
say that its all gone
go ahead and count the days come on come on come on

Friday, April 27, 2012

Grimes performing Genesis from her album 'Visions' live on Later with Jools Holland

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Canadian indie sensation Grimes just recently made her first live television appearance on British music show Later with Jools Holland to perform her song "Genesis" off her latest album Visions. We're quite enamored by her, and this performance shows why. She slays her vocals while playing an electronic keyboard and manipulating a variety of DJ equipment, on stage solo, donning some sort of third eye on her head. We're not sure what the meaning behind that is, but we dig it. - complexmusic

Here is a small sampling of some of the music that help me survive the cold blustery days of winter 2012. The year is not half over and already the list could have gone on and on... But my fingers froze and my heart grew bitter.

Sunday, April 22, 2012

This special 12-inch pressing marks the first physical release of the remixes of those two songs by Damian Taylor and Arcade Fire. The remix of “Sprawl II” can be heard in the dance motion-activated music video by Vincent Morisset, while the “Ready to Start” remix has previously only been available as a bonus download with the deluxe film-bundled version of the album.

Friday, April 20, 2012

Brooklyn’sHere We Go Magic provide the perfect summer jam about second-guessing, while Thundercat made sure not to skimp on the synth. Lightwaves dropped an awesome remix of ATG Record’s own Queen of Hearts, and Hot Chip stayed true to their signature disco funk/punk sound. Rounding things out, The Walkmen dare you not to tap your foot to the first single from their new album out this summer. ATG

Ahh, “Brains.” The song where Lower Dens took their dreamy twin-guitared smoulder for a trip up the Autobahn and made Nootropics one of my most anticipated LPs of 2012. For the “Brains” video, out today, Jana Hunter commissioned director Tristan Patterson (he of the hailed Dragonslayer doc). Tristan trains the camera on a stoic Jana, using various visual effects to modify the footage in concert with the music. Put another way, the band’s camp says the video is about “appreciating our modern society’s rampant technological advancements while reconciling its ability to encroach to traumatizing effect. The minimalism here is monumental, elements in the music that seem subtle at first soon reveal themselves as colossal developments.” SG

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

"i really can’t remember why we started this record, i no longer know what we were trying to do back then. i do know session after session went pear-shaped, we lost focus and almost gave up...did give up for a while. but then something happened and form started to emerge, and now i can honestly say that it’s the only sigur rós record i have listened to for pleasure in my own house after we’ve finished it." - georg

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

I’ve been loving Kishi Bashi’s new album 151a. He’s one of the most skilled composers/songwriters I’ve seen pop up recently. He’s also a creative and fun guy, as demonstrated by this new video for “Bright Whites.”

Sunday, April 15, 2012

The Bard of Montreal. The community of Canadian music is an amazing thing. Here, twenty-five artists signed up to donate time, recording studios and effort to pay tribute to one of Canada’s greatest poets. herohill

The Bard of Montreal – Mark Berube

Who By Fire – Kathryn Calder

Show Me the Place – Laila Biali

Paper Thin Hotel – The Heavy Blinkers

The Partisan – Bleating Hearts

The Law – Doug Hoyer ft. Mitch Holtby on sax

Bird on a Wire – Andrew Vincent

That Don’t Make it Junk – Daniel Ledwell

If It Be Your Will – Old Believer

One of Us Can’t Be Wrong – Zachary Lucky & Carly Maicher

Last Year’s Man – Tyler Butler

Memories – The Burning Hell ft. Katie Baggs

So Long, Marianne – Foam Lake

Hey, That’s No Way To Say Goodbye – Ox (vocals by Ryan Bishops and mastered by A. David MacKinnon)

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Jason Pierce has spent the past three decades building a body of work that runs the gamut of druggy psychedelia, moving from the spaced-out, minimalist drones of the Spacemen 3 in the Eighties to the maximalist gospel euphoria of Spiritualized, his main band since the early Nineties. Spiritualized will release Sweet Heart Sweet Light, their seventh album, on April 17th. The record finds Pierce working on the familiar grand scale of past Spiritualized discs while emphasizing simpler, bolder melodies.

A beautiful full-set from Iceland - Live in Reykjavík, Iceland - 1st July 2010

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Chan Marshall stops time. She sits at a piano or lays her guitar across her lap, and whether it’s a noisy club overflowing with drunks or a coffee house full of laptoppers, Chan Marshall draws all the attention in the room and makes the world stop spinning. As Cat Power, Marshall’s music seems to rise from nowhere, envelop the room, then vanish; listeners know they’ve been hit by something but they’re not sure what... Matador

Following the release of 1995's Dear Sir and 1996's Myra Lee -- both recorded on the same day -- Cat Power signed to Matador for 1996's What Would the Community Think?, which won acclaim for Marshall's unsettling, emotional songs and cathartic vocals.
The superb Moon Pix followed two years later, and in the spring of 2000 Cat Power resurfaced with The Covers Record. Released in 2003, You Are Free featured a lusher, more polished sound as well as cameos by Dave Grohl and Eddie Vedder; 2006's The Greatest was recorded in Memphis, TN, with legendary soul players including guitarist/songwriter Mabon "Teenie" Hodges, bassist Leroy "Flick" Hodges, and drummer Steve Potts. Another set of covers, Jukebox, was released two years later.

1. Maybe Not
2. Speak For Me
3. I Don't Blame You
4. The Greatest
5. Willie
6. After It All
7. I Found a Reason
8. Naked if I Want To
9. Cross Bones Style
10. American Flag
11. Dark End Of The Street
12. Paths Of Victory
13. Bonus Track
14. Rockets
15. They Tell Me
16. Taking People